Traveling-bag.



M.-GHODORKOW & R. HARVEY.

TRAVELING BAG.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB; 6, 1913.

7 1,079,745. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

55 v Y W WITNESSES INVENTORS M W By %%m ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS CHODORKOW AND ROBERT HARVEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRAVELING-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1913.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913. Serial No. 746,553.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, MORRIS CHODORKOW and ROBERT HARVEY, a citizen of the United States and a subject of the Czar of Russia, respectively, and residents of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traveling- Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that class of traveling bags which are commonly known as dress suit cases.

In the dress suit cases, as at present'constructed, the corners are usually protected and braced by suitable strengthening devices, no means are, however, provided which prevent the collapsing of the case or the opening of the joints of its structure when a number of such cases, with their contents, are placed on top of each other either in a baggage car or in'a storage house, etc. It is to be observed that when, due to the weight placed on top of a bag, the latter collapses, the hinges which connect its cover to the body portion usually break, thereby causing serious trouble.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a bag with braces .or strengthening devices which protect its corners and edges, and also strengthen the bag, whereby it will retain its shape and be prevented from collapsing.

Another object of the invention is to construct a bag which is provided, besides these corner and edge protecting means, with a preferably metallic strengthening frame which is located at the mouth or top edge of the body portion of the bag, such frame taking up the strain or pressure in a longitudinal and lateral direction.

A further object of the invention is to produce a bag of this type which is strong and durable, and simple in construction so as to be capable of manufacture on a com mercial scale, or in other words which is not so diflicult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size andproportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is'a perspective view of a traveling bag constructed in accordance with the present invention, its cover being partly open; Fig. 2 is a section taken through one of its side walls on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the corner and edge strengthening means; Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5. is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the body of a traveling bag of any suitable size, type or material, and the numeral 11 represents the cover which is hinged in the well known manner to said body. The upper edge of the body 10 is provided with a metallic strengthening frame 12, such frame being U-shaped, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and extends around the inner and outer faces of the top edge or mouth portion of the body. The means for securing the frame 12 to the said body will be hereinafter described. The cover is retained upon the body in a closed position by suitable cooperating locking means 13 and 14, and by catches of the well known construction, such catches are, however, not shown in the drawings as they do not form part of the present invention. The usual handle 15 is secured to the top of the body of the bag.

In order to strengthen the edges and corners of the body of the bag, suitable edge and corner shields 16 are provided, which are produced, preferably, by stamping same from suitable blanks. One of these shields is shown in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, of the drawings, and comprises a strip of sheet metal bent into the form of an angle-bar, its sides 17, 17 being arranged at right angles to each other, and their lower ends being connected by a flange 18, which extends at right angles to both of said sides. Near the upper ends of the sides 17 there are formed shoulders 19-, the portions 20 of said sides above said shoulders being artheir respective sides, but offset, more particularly farther inward for a purpose here inafter to be mentioned. The connecting piece 21 of the upper ends of the sides of the shield is arranged at an angle to the said sides. The flange 18 is provided with an aperture 22, in the sides of the shield being formed apertures 23, 23. Apertures 24: are

provided in the portions 20 of the sides of the shield.

In applying a shield to a corner and edge of the bag, the flange portion 18 is brought to bear against the bottom of the bag, and.

the sides 17 of the shield against the outer surfaces of the meeting sides of the body of the bag. The ofiset portions 20 of the sides of the bag will then bear against the outer surface of the metallic strengthening frame 12, the connecting piece 21 of the upper ends of the sides of the shield being then bent so as to abut against the inner surface of the said strengthening frame. The shield is attached to the body portion of the frame by means of rivets 25, 25, which pass through the aperture in the shield and through the body of the bag. The rivets passing through the a'pertures 2 1 in the ofiset portions 20 of the shield fasten at the same time the strengthening frame to the body of the bag. When the cover 11 is closed, its four corners bear against theshoulders 19 upon the sides of the shields, and prevent thereby effectively the breaking of the hinges, by means of which the cover is attached to the body portion of the bag, and also an opening of the coacting locking means 13 and 14. Since the combined corner and edge shields extend throughout the height of the body of the bag, a collapsing of said body will be prevented inasmuch as such shields present sufficient resistance to pressure or strain.

That we claim is 1. A traveling bag comprising a body portion, a cover hinged tosaid body portion, a metallic strengthening frame bent around the top edges of said body portion, and combined corner and edge shields attached to said body portion, each shield comprising a strip of metal bent into the form of an angle-bar, the sides of said shield bearing against two meeting sides of said substantially at right angles to the planes of the respective sides on which shoulders the free edges ofsaid cover are adapted to rest when the latter is in its closed position.

2. A traveling bag comprising a body portion, a cover hinged to said body portion, and combined corner and edge shields attached to said body portion, each shield comprisinga strip of metal bent into the form of an angle-bar, the sides of said shield bearing against two meeting sides of said body portion, the lower ends of said strip being connected by a flange which abuts against the bottom of said body portion, the top ends of the sides of said strip being offset and in parallel relation to tie outer surfaces of the top edge of the body portion, and the free connecting portion of said ofiset ends being bent against the inner surfaces of the top edges of said body portion, the offsetting of the upper ends of the sides of said strip forming shoulders upon said shields extending substantially at right angles to the planes of the respective sides, on which shoulders the free edges of said cover are adapted to rest when the latter is in its closed position.

A traveling bag comprising a body portion, a cover hinged to said body portion, a metallic strengthening frame bent around the top edges of said body portion, combined corner and edge shields upon said body portion, each shield comprising a strip of metal bent into the form of an angle-bar, the sides of said shield bearing against two meeting sides of said body portion, the lower ends of said strip being connected by a flange which abuts against the bottom of said body portion, the top ends of the sides of said strip being offset and in contact with the outer surface of said strengthening frame, and the free connecting portion of said offset ends being bent against the inner surfaces of said strengthening frame, and rivets for attaching said shields to said body portion, the rivets passing through the offset upper ends of the sides of the shields serving at the same time to secure said strengthening frame to said body portion.

4. A combined corner and edge shield for traveling bags, comprising a strip of metal bent into the form of an angle-bar, the sides of said shield being adapted to bear against two meeting sides of the body portion of the bag, the lower ends of said strip being connected by a flange which is adapted to abut against the bottom portion of the body of the bag, the upper ends of said sides of said strip being offset and adapted to be placed in parallel relation to the top edge of the body portion of the bag, and the free connect-ing portion of said offset ends be ing adapted to be bent against the inner surface of the top edge of the body p01- tion of the bag, the ofisetting of the upper New York, and State of New York, this 3rd ends of the sides of said strip forming day of February A. D. 1913.

shoulders extending substantially at right angles to the planes of the respective sides, MORRIS CHODORKOW' on which shoulders the cover of the bag, ROBERT HARVEY when in its closed position, is adapted to Witnesses: rest. ZEGMUNT HEITLER, I

Signed at New York, in the county of HARRY SOHLACKMAN.

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